Signments



(ModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

R. T. BROWN.

CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR FOLDING MACHINES.

No. 831,762. Patented Dec. 8, 1885.

A Jam N PETERS Photoulhugnphu. Washington D. C.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(Modem R. T. BROWN. GARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR FOLDING MACHINES. No. 331,762.

Patented Dec 8, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

RICHARD T. BROWN, OF. ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE BROWN FOLDING MACHINE COMPANY, (LIMITED,)

OF SAME PL ACE.

CARRIER ATTACHMENT FOR FOLDlNG-MACHlNES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,762, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed May 28, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Brennan T. BROWN, of Erie, county of Erie, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carrier Attachments to Folding-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to the means for connectinga folding-machine to a printing-press, so as to convey the printed sheets from the press to the folder; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction thereof, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follows:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved carrier, shown applied to one of the horizontal parts of a folding-machine frame, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the actuating mechanism, and Fig. 3is a side elevation of the same, showing the arrangement of the 2 rollers and tapes and the manner of hinging the carrier to the foldingmaohine.

As my device is applicable to any form of folding-machine and press, I do not illustrate said machines, except to show a fragment of c the folding-machine.

A designates the folding machine frame. B B designate the two sections of the carrierframe, which are hinged together by hinges b, which are placed on the under side of the parts B B, so that the frame will fold together with its upper side outermost when folded, and so when in place the hinges will form a support together with the abutting ends of the parts 13 B. O is a third section of 0 the carrier-frame, which is fixed to the folder, and sets at a proper incline thereto. The other hinged sections of the carrier-frame B B are hinged to the section O'by hinges C O, which are placed on the opposite side of the 5 carrier-framefrom the hinges b b, so that after the parts B B are folded together they can be laid over onto the folder. B B are brackets attached to the upper end of the carrier-frame, to serve as bearings for the rollers D D. e e

are brackets on the folder,which serve as bear- Serial No. 96,404. (ModeL) ings for the roller 0. (2 cl d d are tapes which pass from the roller D down the upper side of the carrienframe, under the rollers D and e, across the folder, over spools f ff f at the rear end of the folder, then forward and up under the carrierframe, and over the said roller D. These are the carrier tapes which convey the sheets of paper from the press to the folder. d marks tapes which run over the two rollers D and e. These latter tapes are to lie on top of a passing sheet of paper and keep it in place. The roller D has on its shaft or gudgeon a pulley, E, and on a shaft, 6, in the folder is another pulley, E, and a belt, E passes over these two pulleys. The shaft e receives its motion from the operative parts of the folder, and the roller D is moved by the belt E The roller D is moved by frictional contact with the tapes d, and the tapes (1 cause the lower roller, 6, to revolve.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination, with a folding machine, of a sheet carrier hinged to and adapted to be folded over upon said machine; nor do I claim, broadly, the hinged carrier provided with the tape-carrying rollers and the tapes, in combination with a folding-machine having suitable rollers for the reception of said tapes and means for driving the latter; nor do I claim, broadly, the combination, with a folding-machine, of the jointed and hinged carrier.

It will be seen that by my construction, first, I have a small section, 0, of the frame attached fixedly to the folding-machine, and then hinge the frame to this. This enables the parts B B 85 of the frame to be folded back and lie over the roller 6, and in doing so the tapes d are slackened enough to allow the frame to fold upward at the hinges I); second, I have the two parts B B of the frame hinged by hinges b on the lower side, so they can fold together by moving the joint upward. This not only makes a self supporting joint, but it slackens the tapes d on the under side, and thus allows them to lengthen on the upper side as the fold is madefg 5 It will thus be seen that all of the tapes on the carrier are slackened by folding the carrier frame. This latter is a very desirable feature, for, if the tapes were strained by folding the carrier-frame back, they would require com 100 stant attention to keep them in operative condition, and as all tapes when in use become stretched, they will, if slaekened, shrink while part 0, in a manner substantially as shown,

not in use. whereby the parts B B Will fold over onto the r 5 5 Having now described my invention,what I part 0, substantially as set forth.

will fold with their under sides together, the hinges O G joining the lower part, B, to the claim as new is- In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set my In a sheet-carrier attachment for foldinghand this 26th day of May, A. D. 1883. I machines, the combination, in the frame of RICHARD '1. BROWN.

said carrier, of the parts B B and O, the hinges NVitnesses: 10 b, joining; the parts B B together in a manner WVM. HARDWIOK,

substantially as sh own,w11ereby the two parts ED KELLY. 

